Wealth management

The group includes an advisor who started his career at Merrill in 1977.

This follows another August acquisition — an ex-UBS team that managed $1 billion in assets.

The slate of new hires come from several competitors including Wells Fargo and Edward Jones.

The new recruits include a 34-year industry veteran.

The move is one of the largest of the year.

New regulations have altered advice for Social Security, Roth conversions, tax code, estate planning and much more. Financial plans must be crafted with enough flexibility to change with the times.

Gifting embedded loss assets can avoid a step-down in basis and preserve capital losses. Here's how to go about it, under several scenarios.

The ready-made strategies have been around for years, but in an era of fee wars and ETFs its popularity is exploding.

The company’s new self-guided tool will generate a plan for clients in as little as 15 minutes.

The new information sheds light on how an industry leader is grappling with one of the profession’s most pressing issues.

Successful entrepreneurs see themselves in advisors who show creativity, resourcefulness and guts during this tough time — and they’ll remember.

The new additions oversaw more than $275 million at their former employers.

Clients opened almost 1.2 million retail accounts, boosting flows to mutual funds and ETFs, the firm reports.

The regulator charged a $1.4 billion hybrid firm over disclosure of its cash sweep arrangements with its clearing firm.

Focusing on “investment in leadership and access to markets,” the IBD aims to support reps and clients of diverse backgrounds, its head recruiter says.

As the S&P 500 flirts with record-high levels, many participants are mulling whether it’s time to take profits or push for more returns.

While the money held in delisted products is a fraction of the overall exchange-traded market, analysts warn those billions could be time bombs.

If the court ends up making this choice, intended family members may lose out — all for want of filling out a one-page form.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers a break if the checks they mailed in to pay their taxes still haven’t been opened up yet and are sitting in the trailers the IRS set up during the pandemic.

“How many minority-owned ETFs do you know?” an advisor asks.